The students of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School recite poems about cherishing food before eating. (Photo by Luo Tao, Xiangtan Daily All-Media Reporter)
Xiangtan Daily All-Media Reporter Hong Jingwen, Intern Xie Linsen,
People pay food first, and food is safe first.
At present, students of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School can enjoy safe and secure delicious dishes every day. "The chicken legs are tender and fragrant, so delicious!" "The Mapo tofu , Saba fish, beef balls baby cabbage soup made in our school canteen are particularly delicious." On October 21, the children of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School smiled and shared the joy of lunch with us.
In recent years, the school has adhered to the principle of "food safety and health first, nutrition and deliciousness are the priority". On the premise of ensuring and improving the safety and quality of the school canteen, it focuses on students' on-the-trade meals and constantly explores high-quality catering that is balanced with deliciousness and healthy nutrition, and is moderate to the appropriate amount and the appropriate price.
Canteen Dining: Safe, delicious, nutritious, and rich
Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School canteen is spacious, bright, clean and tidy, and the facilities for washing, disinfecting and preserving utensils are advanced and complete.
Every semester, the school will design recipes that combine meat and vegetables, balanced nutrition and rich flavors for the children one week in advance, and publish the recipes to the school’s WeChat official account for parents to view at any time. At the same time, the school has established a meal accompanying system, allowing teachers and parents to eat the same bowl of rice and drink the same bowl of soup with their children. "We are doing everything we can to let the children eat delicious and nutritious meals. Not only the choice of dishes, but we have put in the effort to match the quality of dishes." Yang Fang, vice principal of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School, said while opening the school's recipes for the first half of 2022. In the recipe, different dishes are labeled with different colors: the fried fish balls with tomatoes are red, the fried cucumber is green, the braised chicken legs are meat-colored, etc. "Working on color matching can make the dishes more balanced, which can help children improve their appetite." The menu in the canteen has a variety of every week, and every meal is different. The students ate every meal with relish, and almost all of them were "Changpan". Yang Fang introduced that the school not only requires the canteen to make the food delicious, but also ensure the safety and nutrition of the food. In terms of food procurement, the school has strict management processes and comprehensive monitoring measures.
When purchasing food, the supplier's business license, the delivery person's name and contact information, the type of food, the qualification certificate of meat products, the quality and weighing data at the school canteen must be checked one by one and archived for reference. Among them, pre-packaged foods, are all well-known domestic brands of products. The edible oil is non-GMO soybean oil, and there are no bulk foods, frozen meats, and pre-made vegetables; meat, frozen products, soy products, and vegetables must pass the corresponding inspection and quarantine on the same day. Parents who participated in the meal accompanying activities praised that the canteen project of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School is not only a sunshine project, but also a people's livelihood project.
Cultural Feast: Education, self-cultivation and etiquette
Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School Cafeteria not only provides a rich and nutritious meal, but also brings students a rich and cultural feast.
"At noon day, sweat drips into the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard-working" "Don't eat, don't sleep"... The tender voice sounds in the canteen, which is an important part of the children of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School. The pre-dinner ceremony is a "compulsory course" for students before meals since the founding of Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School, and is also an important course for the school to cultivate students who are "aware of learning, responsible, grateful, able to create, and love life".
"School is a place to learn knowledge, cultivate sentiment, and inherit etiquette. Our student cafeteria is also a big lecture hall in the school." Yang Fang said that reciting " Compassion Farmer " is to remind children that every grain of food is hard-won, and there is no leftovers. Previously, the school organized students to produce small newspaper clippings of saving food and watch related documentaries to subtly educate children to save food. During lunch, teachers in each class have dinner with the children, and after dinner, they will also "check" the dishes for the students and take the lead in "clear discs". A child scraped the lunch box with a spoon and wanted to eat the last piece of rice into his mouth.Yanyan, a freshman who just entered the school, said: "Every grain of rice is filled with the sweat of the farmers, and I will not waste a single grain."
At the same time, the school also integrates labor education into their dining process. After the meal, the school guides the children to place their bowls and chopsticks neatly in the tableware recycling box and teaches them to wipe the tabletop with a rag. From this, the children gained a labor experience and realized that labor is glorious and labor is great.
Changjun Xiangtan High-tech Experimental Primary School Chief Jiang Yu said that primary school is an important stage for children to develop behavioral habits. Developing good habits of taking every meal as needed and not wasting every meal will accompany you throughout your life. She called on all students in the school to be "food-saving propagandists" to promote the good style of thrift and thrift to parents, relatives and friends.
